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...Joint Chiefs of Staff to adopt the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays and lesbians in the military, arguing that while the policy was not ideal, openly gay soldiers could undermine the morale of their comrades. A draftee who served for two years in the 1950s, he never lost his dedication to the military or his belief that all citizens should give back to their country...
...fist bump's precursor, the low- and high-fives, originated in the 1950s, again mostly among athletes, who deemed handshakes too muted and formal for celebrating teamwork and triumph. The 1980s are generally regarded as the heyday of the high-five, though the gesture has enjoyed a revival of sorts in recent years - especially among Gen-X parents and their offspring. Modern-day high-five enthusiasts have even created a cellphone version: Callers high-five their phones (slap the speakers) or simultaneously type...
...this process, the University has become both a more national and a more international institution. The Harvard of the 1950s was still largely male, white, with an undergraduate student body dominated by alumni sons—many from private schools and from the East. Many of them were, of course, very fine—but quite a number were not, and there was a bit too much homogeneity. In this respect, there has been a revolution, instigated especially by Presidents Derek C. Bok and Neil L. Rudenstine, and carried out by all those in charge of admissions. The triumph...
...expansion of the University in all directions has had three other worrisome effects. They have made many departments more heterogeneous (mine, in the 1950s and 1960s, was largely a group of political philosophers and historians; now there are two groups: the tribe of traditional humanists, and a new one of would-be scientists, who apply mathematical economic methods to subjects that can still best be understood by looking at history, anthropology, and psychology). Also, everyone is overworked in a country in which, unlike in France, no bill of rights recognizes each citizen’s entitlement to rest and leisure...
...While student businesses aside from those affiliated with HSA were technically allowed in the late 1950s, many felt they would be run out of business if they tried to go it alone...